Supply at sea is to be put on a new footing with the Medium Support Unit. However, it is a long way from demand to realisation. The challenges are clear and unambiguous. The changed geostrategic environment demands endurance and flexibility from the German Navy. Technical innovations are dictating an unprecedented level of...
Meyer Werft is internationally known primarily for building large cruise ships. With the undocking of a fuel transporter for the German Navy, it is now deliberately entering a less familiar but strategically important field. The supply ship is part of a contract awarded in 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic, which aimed to utilise free capacity in the...
Germany's maritime dependence. The deputy inspector and commander of the fleet did not hand over a printed report to the German Maritime Institute at the end of the Maritime Convention, but a 5 x 5 centimetre QR code. That is modern, but not yet progress. The Department of Naval Shipping Management under the leadership of Frigate Captain Steffen...
In mid-June, the time had finally come: the first National Veterans Day in Germany was celebrated. This was preceded by years of hard work to make "the politicians" realise why we need such a day. Since 2010, there has been a struggle, especially over who is a veteran. The term was defined in 2018 by the then Federal Minister of Defence,...
With the framework agreement signed on 19 December 2025 between TKMS and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) for the delivery of DM2A5 heavyweight torpedoes, the German Navy is determining the future main armament of its new generation of submarines at an early stage. The decision relates to a key capability of the 212CD class and is also part of...
The minehunting vessel "Dillingen" will return to its home port of Kiel on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, in time for Christmas after a six-month deployment as the German contribution to the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1). The crew consisted of 35 men and six women as well as a team of Portuguese mine divers. The...
After an evacuation operation in the 1990s, the idea of building multifunctional support ships was raised. An idea that is finding supporters again today. A gloss. And once again a report on a famous Bavarian who wanted to improve the navy. Retired General Dr hc Klaus Dieter Naumann (*25 May 1939) served as...
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